Being and Becoming

Life when seen through the Mind, looks vast and wide, with all your dreams getting fulfilled and fears getting exaggerated. Your vision of Life has so many shelves filled with dreams, hopes, and fear and its always expanding.

As a child, you foresee your adulthood, and in 20's you fill your vision with 40's and in 40's its filled with your retired life. But, your life (or) your vision of life never has a major element - (i.e.) Death.

Though your projected life carries fears, its not the fear of death but mostly it will be of economic imbalance in living (or) you will have the fear of losing something which you had (or you think you had) gained in the past. Death never appears in your vision, coz you don't want to die.

Even I don't want you to Die.

Have a long and happy life.

But, are you really getting happier day by day - with your vision?

And is this - "Becoming" factor helps you to maintain your happiness level indicator always in Green?

Your mind always thrive to BECOME something. It doesn't like to stand still. Its always volatile. Never it gets frozen. Sitting in a hall, and just looking at a photograph of a green valley and mountains, you are hijacked to that place , Easily. You lose yourself from where you are, at that time.

Have you ever realised or cherished this "Becoming" factor?

You do cherish it - Yes. But it cannot be 100%. Coz its not the reality. It Might happen / Might not happen. You have the aspect of doubt included. But that doubt is covered up with the hopes - calling it as being Optimistic.

I am not asking you to be worried always. I don't want you to be Pessimistic also. But neither optimistic you have to be.

But JUST BE.

Just Be HERE and NOW.

Time is the biggest crippler. It binds you with its massive force. But have you ever seen what TIME is ? Its an illusion created by the Mind. It doesn't exist in reality. You use Time to refer to things of Past and Future. Its just a Tool of reference for better understanding - Similar to mathematics, or any other science, which are knowledge which helps you to understand things better. Coz when there is a necessity for communicating certain things - there are certain common aspects as - Language, Time, Science. etc. Just to convey any aspect to another person we use Time.

But, when you are on your Own, you come out of all these benchmarking and you look at things as they are. Then you realize that you don't need any of these external factors for your knowledge. These external factors can give you information - but Knowledge blossoms from Within. It is the resultant factor of your understanding. When you take out all these binding factors of space and time, then you realise that Time never existed. Space never existed. Then you are able to see - Earth and Life as ever evolving Phenomenon.

Life is a continuous flow, happening in infinity. Infinite time and Space. It is ever continuously blossoming. Everything is Moving. Nothing is stagnant. Every Atom is in a continuous flow. Now, when you attach a dimension to it, and give a time factor to it, you freeze it. Your mind looks at it as a Three dimensional object with reference to that particular time. But it is still moving Here, Now. So, You miss out the point and your mind is no more watching the movement of it NOW. It has stopped with a particular point of Time. Its Frozen. Dead. But any event or object - anything for that matter, is not the same always. There is no Same moment in this existence. Every Moment is unique. Every Moment is evolving. Life is a continuous flow. It never ceases.

Life is an energy that exist everywhere. Its in Human beings / trees / animals/ plants/ insects / micro organisms / etc. etc. This energy acts differently according to the object it is surrounded by.

In a Dog - It barks.

In a Plant - It blossoms flowers

In a tree - It gives fruits.

In a Human - It does many things.

Only the vegetative part is different. The energy is the same. The whole world is only ONE ENERGY. Everything is Same. The whole existence is ONE. Only the external suit differs. This external suit has been presented with certain properties and thus the energy operates according to the limitations (or) the properties of the external suit. Its like there are many colours of balloons - but every balloon is filled up of same AIR.

Everything in this existence is ONE. Everything is SHIVA. When this is Realized - then there is the beautiful opportunity for you to see the Cosmic Dance in Unison. This dance of the whole existence is symbolised as our LORD NATARAJA - i.e. SHIVA in DANCE. The whole existence is perceived as SHIVA IN DANCE.

As Sri Adi Shankaracharya says in Bhaja Govindam -

shatrau mitre putre bandhau

maa kuru yatnam vigrahasandhau

sarvasminnapi pashyaatmaanam

sarvatrotsrija bhedaagyaanam

Do not waste your efforts to win the love of or to fight against friend and foe, children and relatives. See yourself in everyone and give up all feelings of duality completely.

Only the vegetation differs. And the difference is, that,

Humans can't fly - But Birds can fly.

Birds can't swim. - But, Fishes can swim

Fishes can't walk - But Man can walk.

Man can't give fruits - But trees can give fruits.

Its just the vegetation, which causes the limitation. When you are able to cross the limitation, then you Realize the Reality.

When you are in the "Becoming" vision, you are bound by limitations. Being Here and Now, is the real freedom which keeps you away from the bondage of Time and Space. Then you will have the beautiful opportunity to USE TIME and SPACE. They will be a best tool for a better living. Nothing more than that.

Be Here.

Be Now.

Just BE.

Just Sit back, Relax and look deep into your phenomenon of "Becoming".

See how far your mind has projected your life?

Lets take up a question.

a) What is the future goal of your life - say short term goal - in next five years?

Write down the answer.

Now start writing down the attributes of it. Say for e.g. If your goal is to own a house in five years - start writing down points - as its physical specification, colors, plan etc etc.

Now next question.

b) From where did you get the inspiration for this Goal?

Say as in the example - A house - then what is your inspiration for this wish for house.

This question is asked for the reason - that will help you get to the origin of that wish. Where it all started. Definitely you were not born with a plan to build a house. And definitely not even while you are in school. So, what is the origin?

Definitely the answer will be - you were inspired by some external aspect. Like - someone else has done it previously- so let me also do it. Or Let me prove a point to the fellow humans - that i am also able to do it, as others have done it. Doesn't look more than a mere ego state.

So the goal is dumped into your life by other external persons or sources.

Why do you have to let your life a GARBAGE BIN?

All these projections of life, make you miss the reality - The Truth. Realise it. Live NOW. Don't live your life after so many years. It means you are missing your life Here, Now.

Who knows, you might DIE the next Moment you finish reading this page. :-)

This uncertainty is the beauty of life.

Enjoy It.

Don't freeze yourself and burden yourself. You want to do so much before Death knock your door. Its good that you always remember - "Miles to go before you sleep" But don't reach your destination virtually. Then you miss the beauty of travel.

Enjoy the Journey.

Any ways you will definitely reach the destination. But Watch the travel also. Enjoy the travel.

Being in life is Living.

Becoming is an illusionary image designed by your mind.

Just BE.